i'm hopeful that the agency will leave them to vote. >> can i get a quick yes or no of actually going out and voting? >> yes. we have and i think will be close in 2024. >> sounds good. thank you so much for joining me. you might've found out about it on your phone early this morning, next what lies ahead in the mideast after the deadly attack on the leader of hezbollah. hezbollah. this morning. what lies ahead for the mideast after the death of the leader of hezbollah. ♪ ♪ good day to you from msnbc headquarters in new york. welcome to "alex witt reports" and we begin with breaking news from the middle east a new fallout from the israeli killing friday of hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah.

israeli officials are bracing for reaction. the idf says it intercepted a missile over central israel that have been launched from yemen. israel continues to pound targets inside lebanon, large plumes of smoke can be seen all day rising over the south. ri in iran, anti-israel protesters took to the streets of the capital city and that country's supreme leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. in the u.s., president biden said he has directed secretary of defense lloyd austin to further enhance the defense

posture of military forces in the middle east to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war. we have reporters and analysts in place around the world right in with all these new developments first. first, matt bradley joined us again from beirut. matt, give us a sense of how tense it is in lebanon's capital this evening. >> reporter: tense, and oni hav to say, alex, mournful, people y are crying in the streets, wailing out. this was a larger-than-life character, a hero for many years, not just for hezbollah, n although many in lebanon who will privately be please they ri made a longer c has below's heavy-handed on lebanese politics. he was a leader of the resistance against israel, just not just among these people but for muslim, arab people and people throughout the world to saw israel as a colonizing is force. he, of course, cut a stature and this was a man who had risen above just this conflict between arabs and israelis, between lebanon and israel and really came to symbolize something so much more for people far beyond just the middle east. now he leaves behind him, he

leaves behind a real crater of instability. this is a country that doesn't really have a government. he doesn't really have a system be on this sort of portioned out secretary and system that is so tightly choreographed and so many people had actually tried to get rid of in the past, protesters on the street, particularly young people, but there is so much stasis among the sectarian system here it is hard to dismantle. hassan nasrallah was very much part of that. the fact he is gone now means there will be a secession crisis. that does scene, for those who oppose hezbollah, that is a good thing but the fact is, hezbollah was the strongest military force, one of the strongest political forces here and underwrote a lot of the political system. while those who see them as terrorists, like united states and some other countries aroundo the world, they are already expressing concern for what could be a reaction of hasbro against israel's valley and

they are worried about the welfare of this country which e is now in the fifth year of a crippling financial crisis and has long been without a real, functioning government. this means there will be a leadership vacuum and while hezbollah and the other political leaders here who align with them are the devil we know, it is unclear who will step into the void to fill it. you know, this is a situation that could see other actors, others come in. while hassan nasrallah is an identified, listed terrorist by the united states and israel, un we don't know what will be coming next. >> matt, based on your reporting last hour, when you in reported other strikes, seeing plumes of smoke up and down the coast in lebanon, what is israel likely targeting right now after killing the leader of hezbollah yesterday? >> reporter: in a word, dismal.

they are continuing to target re hezbollah. we have heard that from nuthe israeli leadership. they are not finished yet. they are not satisfied. they have killed other hezbollah leaders. this is, you know, we look at the history of radical groups, i terrorist groups, just killing the leader is not going to do it . you know, it comes to israel's actions in gaza with 's hamas, their inactions in iraq, syria , al qaeda, just cutting off the head of the snake doesn't always ensure it won't grow back. it seems like israel wants to make this one a decisive one. >> matt bradley, thank you so much for your reporting on all of this. let's go right now to aaron mclaughlin, joining us from telg aviv. how are israelis responding to the death of hassan nasrallah? >> reporter: alex, israelis are on high alert. there is the potential, israeli officials say, for retaliatory strikes in response to the assassination, retaliatory strikes, not just from lebanon

but other countries in the middle east. hours ago, sirens sounded here in tel aviv, according to the israeli military. a missile was fired from yemen toward central israel in tel c aviv. we could hear explosions as israeli defense systems intercepted that missile. israeli officials are extremely conflict -- concerned about the potential for more retaliatory strikes. this as we are ialearning more about the intelligence operation behind this assassination. you know, following the news, as israeli military this morning confirmed they killed le hassan nasrallah in that airstrike, they also released audio , the exchange between the fighter pilot that carried out the strike and the commander and in that audio, it is clear they both knew of a potential significance of that particular strike in that neighborhood. i want you to

take a listen to that exchange. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> [ speaking in a global in language ] >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: now, with the confirmation from both hezbollah and the israeli military that nasrallah was, in fact, assassination -- assassinated, what happens next? andrea mitchell was told israel

intends to capitalize on the momentum saying, quote, there is something called momentum. you take advantage when your opponent is down, you keep moving and that is exactly what we have seen play out today, continued israeli military strikes in southern beirut, as well as southern lebanon. the israeli military announcing they have taken out yet another key figure today, a key has below figure. hezbollah, for its part, continues rocket strikes, rocket attacks on northern israel. sirens have been heard there throughout the day. we are now hearing from the prime minister's office that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, having cut his trip to new york short, is back in israel and we expect to hear from the prime minister shortly, alex. >> let me ask you quickly, erin, the transcription of the soundbite you play between the commander in the pilot, the message of the hostages, is there prevailing wisdom that somehow this act, as they say,

decapitating the head of hezbollah, will somehow help to bring the hostages back to israel? >> reporter: well, essentially what you are hearing from the fighter pilot is stating the now mission, the stated in israel, it is two-pronged, first, to see the freeing of the hostages, the israeli hostages in gaza and also to see the return of 60,000 israeli civilians to their homes in the north. at the same time, what we are hearing from an israeli official is that this is an attempt to decouple what is going on in gaza with what is going on there in lebanon. that is why you according to one israeli official telling raff sanchez they carried out the strike that nasrallah refused to decouple the two conflicts and continuing to tie what happened there in

lebanon to the conflict in n gaza. according to this israeli official, that is why israeli al officials made the drastic decision to assassinate him. >> thank you so much. nk we will check back in with you. joining me now is ambassador david hale, former under secretary of state and former me ambassador to lebanon and jordan. ambassador, thank you to you. you heard from matt bradley talk about what is going on, there are people crying, they ar are mourning the death of hassan nasrallah. is that something you would expect, given that his prolonged , fiery rhetoric and leadership of hezbollah over 30 years is what helped to invite the rockets to land in lebanon and take out neighborhoods and kill innocent people? was this a popular figure for he himself and who he was? >> thank you very much. i think the reporting is quite accurate, although i would say it is important to emphasize that the view inside lebanon

depends on who you ask. s it is a deeply divided country along sectarian lines as well se as iranian versus pro-western alliances. the attitudes fall along those fault lines. i suspect he has dominated the shiiteed community since he fir came to power when his t predecessor was assassinated in 1992. he has offered them an inspiration to a community that has never been really welcomed e into the lebanese context. so that is what is happening there. on the christian and muslim, certainly the muslim side, a nl different set of reactions. there are people who in lebanon are scratching their head. why is it that hezbollah has been conducting this war on behalf of gaza and iran and had no lebanese interest. >> can you answer that c question? why was hezbollah doing that? >> well, they have been

answering to iran since day one. people forget, this organization, hezbollah, was founded by the irg see, the iranian revolutionary guard in 1979 as a reaction to the israeli occupation in the early 1980s. this is a long-standing leg. i there are other things, too. there are lebanese political, social and religious organization but in part, they a respond to what iran wants him to do. >> are you concerned this will be a tipping point for a ng broader war in the middle east? >> obviously, i would not io exclude any contingency. the iranian scum at this in a very direct way, i would estimate not. after all, based on what we have seen, the attack in damascus early this summer, late spring, they lost many commanders and reacted with a de barrage of missiles on israel ag which israel, its neighbors and the united states successfully ferried and intercepted. i think they will step back because they prefer to see their

proxies rather than iranians themselves taking on the fight. i am sure you will see more attempts by hezbollah to penetrate israeli defenses but so far, they have been unsuccessful. now they have decapitated deep ranks of their leadership and assassinated hassan nasrallah and others have gone underground. >> ambassador, israel's playbook has been escalated to de-escalate. andrea mitchell reported at an israeli briefing, an official was asked if there would be a cease-fire and the officials said, no, when you have momentum against the enemy, you don't stop at what is israel's plane? >> i am not a fan of the phrase escalate to de-escalate.

on a number of things, one, r after october 7, there is an entirely new mindset in israel,y a never again mentality, never again do they want their people to live in the shadow of terrorism and violence, they never want to wake up what they did on october 7 and see that. before october 7, that strategy failed them. they're not looking for new national security strategy and they have been preparing for a long time but this is a new approach. they don't care about opinion outside israel, it cares about results. third, they need to make a decision at some point on whether or not they can return 60,000 israeli civilians who have been displaced in the doore to return to their homes. no cabinet, no coalition, no prime minister of israel will make that decision so long as there is a possibility fighting may resume in the weeks and months after that. the only alternative is for the states to create a path for security and stability and thaty has not been forthcoming so far from washington. >> to that end, at the united

nations general assembly earlier this week, the u.s. and allies said they believed they s had a deal for the 21 days cease-fire but that was rejected by israel. what can the u.s. do diplomatically if they can't get their strategic ally on board with any attempts, not to mention the other side of negotiations, hezbollah now is a vacuum at the top of the leadership. >> well hezbollah may have a ol vacuum to the top of there is no vacuum in iran. it is the iranians that are the problem. the answer never was in beirut. the address is tehran . the united states has simply so far has had difficulty proving relevance to the problems of the moment. these are new realities and e this is based on old things, stale ideas of the past. id why should they accept a pause in the fighting when momentum is on their side based on the

promise an administration might be able to or might not be able to launch negotiations? of course the israelis are looking at this and saying they will have to take matters into their own hands. the united states can offer ideas based on new realities but they have to reflect that never again mentality. it is similar to 9/11. they have to take advantage of the fact finally we are seeing the reestablishment of the terms against israeli proxies. >> do you see where the united states gets drawn into the war in some fashion? the u.s. is sending more troops to the region to help stabilize things. >> the announcements i saw fromc the administration reflect the prudent thing to do in order to make sure embassies are well protected and defended and military personnel deployed to help israel protect itself are also fully protective. of course, i am government now but they will not be offensive in nature. i would not expect the united

states to conduct offensive operations of any nature, particularly in lebanon. we tried that four , years ago and we were not successful. instead, an air defense of israel and continue to supply ra weapons and technology to israel to protect its people. >> former ambassador david hill, i very much appreciate your insight. hope you will join me again. thank you. we will turn to politics l next and talk about the shift in priorities for the kamala in harris campaign but is it the right move? we have answers to that when we come back in a short 90 seconds. 0 seconds. have you seen it, by t? happy birthday, grandma! really? look how the brushstrokes follow the line of the gas tank. -hey! -hey! brought my plus-one. jamie? it's started. it's... the side hug. tween milestones like this may start at age 9.

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new poll numbers today show an ever tightening race for the white house with vice president kamala harris holding the slightest of leads in michigan and wisconsin all within the margin of error. donald trump in michigan last night defended his economic policies, insisting his plan to tax foreign goods will lower prices at home. >> purposely, over a period of years, they have given it a bad thing. actually, i consider it one of the more beautiful things i have ever seen, the word tariff, i love it, i think it is beautiful. >> well, meanwhile, harris visited the u.s.-mexico border to call for more stringent asylum rules and announced

unlawful border crossings are at the lowest level in four years and slammed trump for spreading false rumors about immigrants. >> we cannot accept donald trump's failure to lead. we should not permit scapegoating. instead of solutions. and let's see what's happening. let's not permit scapegoating instead of solutions. or rhetoric. instead of results. >> we've got reporters covering all of these developing story lines. we will go first to gary grumbach, who is with the present in rehobeth beach, delaware. welcome. the president is at the beach, the vice president said she would go further. what is she proposing?

>> yeah, it is a really delicate dance the vice president is doing. the biden administration has been doing a lot on the border, lot for immigration. she doesn't want to say any of that is lacking but she wants to go further with something new and different ideas, part of that includes bringing back $118 billion in a bill to help make sure it won't be killed like it was in the senate earlier this year and newer things, as it relates to surging personnel and other personnel to deal with fentanyl, including adding technologies to make sure the fentanyl is found in cars and in peoples bags and finding that before they get over the southern border into the united states. here is what she had to say. >> i will take further action to keep the border closed between ports of entry. those who cross the border unlawfully will be apprehended and removed and barred from reentering for five years. we will pursue more severe criminal charges against repeat violators. and if someone does not make an asylum request had a legal

point of entry, and instead crosses the border unlawfully, they will be barred from receiving asylum. >> reporter: now some of this cannot just get done with executive order. she will need a friendly congress to be able to pass the bills to make what she wants happening, happening, if she is elected president. that is why for the harris campaign it is important to visit the swing states, not just for the campaign itself but for down ballot races, as well. >> thank you, gary. joining me now is danielle moody, host of the danielle moody show on youtube, along with representative katie l and

the former press secretary to speaker john weiner. welcome to the three of you. first, as we see tightening in the race in the states of michigan and wisconsin, as well as pennsylvania, the vice president's travel schedule and advertising show she is prioritizing those rust belt states as a path to victory. is that the right mood? give me a sense of her chances in the sunbelt. >> i do think it is the right move. you have to go where you see an opportunity for you to widen the gap that is happening right now. this is going to be a really tight race, regardless of where they tend to go, but i think that right now we have seen michigan and wisconsin as likely.

right? she is within the margin of error but still ahead by two or three points back but in arizona she is down. i think it is important for her to make this trip to the border that she did to remind people we would have had an immigration deal had it not been for donald trump, right? at that his continuation of lies, spreading lies and rhetoric are putting people at risk and he is an incredibly dangerous person and if given the ability, right, to become president again, we know our safety is not going to be what is on his agenda. it will be whatever it is that swings his head, whether it is getting money from foreign outlets or favor. >> what i love is how donald trump goes to his rallies and says, i didn't kill that bill, the senate did. yeah, because you told them

too. i mean, really, we can all read between the ones -- the lines on that one. katie, vice president harris visited the u.s.-mexico border in arizona yesterday and emphasized the need to get the border under control and enforce the laws while ensuring the process is humane. our latest reporting shows this shows the shifting focus for many americans toward a tougher border policy. did trump's ongoing rhetoric and disinformation about immigrants provide an opening for the vice president to convince voters she is the problem solver in the race? >> i think it actually did and it is such a smart move she is playing offense. she has close the gap on how much people trust her as opposed to donald trump on the issue of immigration. i think it is a really tough issue. trump doesn't have actual solutions. kamala harris is talking about real ones. she wants to, you know, really stop the supply of fentanyl. that hits home for me because my brother passed away in 2020 from a fentanyl overdose. that is such a growing issue and touching countless americans lives. i think they see, what is trumpeted do, knock on doors and deport all these people who have been in the country far, you know, who knows how long, making them show their papers and kamala harris is talking about hiring more border guards, stopping fentanyl, these are real solutions. >> i am so sorry to hear about your brother. that is so really high. i adore my brother, that would be tough. branding, you write that trump has taken back the spotlight

lately, for better or worse, including on the border, saying if immigration becomes the central issue of the the next six weeks, even because of ridiculous claims and it is bad for the vice president. so should harris stop trying to make up ground on immigration or can even small members will come to vote for her immigration solutions? will that made the difference in a really tight race as it stands now? >> no, yeah, she needs to address the issue of immigration and our latest nbc poll shows she is 21 points down on who will be stronger on immigration. we know that is a top issue for people. the bigger point i have been trying to make here is that kamala harris was setting the tone of this campaign from the moment she jumped in all the way through that debate she so easily won. and then the cats and dogs stuff started. for the first time since it was trump versus harris, donald trump was setting the tone again, whether that is helpful

to him, i don't know. there is a very strong argument that the more donald trump is in front of us, the worse it is for him. i also think it is really risky. i think hillary clinton ran into that and joe biden ran into it, he sets the tone and decide what we are talking about. we will chase him around and in any campaign, the issues you are focused on, the issues we are talking about shaping the campaign matters. i'm not saying she is not able to wrestle that back and score points one immigration for herself but she needs to remember she is capable of setting the tone herself and not allowing donald trump's outrage of the day to again lead us around as we have seen him do so many times. >> yeah, let me ask you quickly about the latest developments in the middle east as this

conflict spreads into lebanon. does this add more challenges for harris, having to answer questions around the administration's handling of this crisis? >> yeah. it is a purely political matter. it can certainly be a distraction. you never want to see that. you want to see your leaders in control of things. when another nation, you know, israel, it has shown it is not really interested in listening to what this administration has to say and when you are relying on them to decide what will happen, that is not a comfortable place. i don't think policy will decide the election but it becomes something that grabs everyone's attention and reinforces that the administration does not have control of the situation. that is bad for them but this will not be a foreign-policy election. >> let me ask the same question to both of you. is this the kind of thing kamala harris might have to answer to? >> i do. i do think this is something she has to answer to. i think the growing frustration and anger and grief, frankly, around what has transpired in

gaza is something that people in michigan, in particular, have on their minds, at least on the college campuses. i do think it will be a deciding factor but not necessarily. i think it is something that needs to be given the type of attention that it requires. >> what about you? >> i just think at some point we have to hear from her on if she plans to continue to arm israel if they continue the war. that will have to be a decision if she is in office, of course. it is not political, at all. we all know that trump will just continue to enable benjamin netanyahu to, you know, bomb the place into oblivion. hopefully, there will be a change with kamala harris to be more humane and support the region. >> please stay with me. we will talk about trump's latest moneymaking scene. it is so nuts. stay where you are. first, the situation in north carolina or it got drenched from the remnants of hurricane helene. hurricane helene. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪

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♪♪ breaking news. more destruction in hurricane helene's way, the death toll growing at this hour. at least 53 people killed across multiple states. today president biden approved an emergency declaration for north carolina, where an entire village is now submerged . a record 30 inches of rain fell

in some parts of the state and over 400 roads have been closed as officials struggle to restore powers for millions across the region. let's bring in priscilla thompson in valdosta, georgia. priscilla, another welcome to you. how are folks coping with those conditions? >> reporter: alex, this is what it looks like right now, the sun is literally bearing down. it is pallet after pallet of water and ice for all of these folks who are without power right now. we are talking about 99% of the county is without power so they are coming by, getting loaded up with these critical supplies so they can try their best to make it through, stay hydrated until power and resources are brought back in. the governors says they will continue doing these critical supply drops in these hard-hit areas until the power is restored. that is going to take some time. the power company said, even with folks working 16 hours a day, it could take weeks for power to be restored in several areas. yesterday was a lot about surveying the damage of homes, trees that fell onto homes because of those hurricane force winds but today is really about survival. we have been out here talking to folks. these lines have been down the road all day today, since 8:00 this morning, over six hours and the lines have not died down. we talked to one man about what he experienced during the storm and what the issues are now. listen to what he said. >> a lot of noise. >> reporter: yeah. >> you could hear the trees

popping. >> reporter: what is the biggest issue right now? >> i think the biggest thing is when everybody, when everybody is going to get power. that is the biggest thing. and then, just people with the uncertainty of a lot of things is the biggest thing. >> reporter: what you mean? what uncertainty? >> of how long people will not have power and when things start to run out. >> reporter: yeah. we are talking about 700,000 people across the state of georgia without power. they are unable to keep their homes cool, keep food and other items cool, a lot to be done here. the state is saying state highways are blocked by debris. i will tell you, alex, i covered a lot of disasters like this. often times, by day two, you

see the red cross coming in and barbecue pits but we have not seen that here. one gas station looked like it was open and it was packed last night with people trying to get snacks and trying to get what they could. there is definitely a lot of need in the small community here. alex? >> you heard in the intro we described one area, north carolina, not georgia where you are, where 400 roads are closed, which makes it difficult to access. is it similar in that region, do you know of a lot of road closures? >> reporter: so we know we are hearing there is a lot of debris on the road still.

the governor and other officials were saying if you can stay off the roads, do that so they can get out there and cut those trees. no word on how long that will take. >> okay, priscilla thompson, thank you so much. in the meantime, we will talk about the new item donald trump is talking and whether he needs the money or just wanted badly and we are following, of course, the breaking news out of the middle east. the israeli military confirming the chief of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, was killed in airstrikes in lebanon friday. the news is a devastating blow to the iran-backed militant group. we have reports from inside lebanon and israel at the top of the hour and we could be hearing from prime minister benjamin netanyahu you at any time now so stay with us. h us.

what you're going to see is a contrast between a skilled politician, slick talker, somebody who openly admits he is willing to say whatever to make the case to the american people. on the other side with governor walz, public school teacher who knows what americans are going through, who speaks in common sense language about the issues, kitchen table issues that are at stake in this election. >> the harris-walz campaign manager quentin fulks feeling optimistic as governor tim walz gears up for his private vice presidential debate with jd vance on tuesday. let's bring back the panel, danielle moodie, representative katie hill and brendan buck. who has more to lose, especially as we see such tight polling in many of the key states? >> i mean, i think jd vance has a lot to lose, right? every time we have seen him in interviews, whether it is the misogynist junket he went on in early 2020s, to now at rallies, he continually insults women, insults people without children, insults the community, the black community, so on and so forth.

so i think for him this is a major moment. so much so that during the presidential debate, donald trump even distance himself from his vice presidential pick. for him, it is an opportunity for him to step up, to show he is worthy of being in that second spot. >> transportation secretary pete buttigieg, katie, is helping tim walz with the debate, even playing the role of vance. he is known for his debate skills and taking on fox news. what do you think the biggest thing walz needs to learn and keep in mind on tuesday? let me just ask, tim ryan, who debated jd vance twice in the 2020 campaign when he was running against him for senate, he said don't underestimate him. he is an intelligent -- intelligent guy. you have to be on your tolls. that makes me think that tim

walz has to jd vance's feet to the fire. >> he is smart. he is not stupid but he will pander like no other. he has shifted his positions on everything. i think walz putting out how much he will contradict himself, whatever he says, that seems to be positive, he says something opposite to that in the past and frankly, vance just doesn't come off as trustworthy. his favorability is 30%. walz is a likable guy, a dad, football coach, a teacher, he just needs to stay favorable, not be caught in any traps and he will do just fine in my opinion. >> give me your thought for the debate, brendan. >> yeah, debates a hard, debate so we are, debates are awkward and political theater. for both of these guys, they have done a little bit of debating, i think this is a big moment for them. does that change who people will vote for? i don't know but it will change what we are talking about for the next several weeks. jd vance has shown he can well get us chasing the bouncing

ball. i think jd vance is probably underestimated in this debate. he probably has a lot of upside here. maybe there is only one way to go but up. i think he is a smart guy. i think the real key here is who can stay on offense, who can make the other defend the positions of the other and for jd vance, that is a tough spot. you know one have to talk about all the crazy things donald trump says. jd vance will have to debate things, namely his changing positions for -- i won all three of you to weigh in on this.

trump's latest moneymaking scheme, the new line of watches, including a gold want costing, are you sitting down, everyone, $100,000? since entering the race he has made millions of dollars hawking items like train cars, golden sneakers and even bibles. is it because he needs the money or just wants it by hawking everything and anything he possibly can? >> i mean, he is a grifter, alex. he belongs on the home shopping network. not in a presidential race. do i think that donald trump makes -- need the money? absolutely. you know how much money he owes everybody on all of his court cases. yeah, of course, he needs the money. he is hsn worthy. >> katie? >> i totally agree. he does need the money. he's in a big hole. the fact he is relying on his supporters in these really ridiculous ways to close the gap for him is just insane. i can only imagine if kamala harris was suddenly like i am hawking jewelry this month. the comparison just would never happen. i don't know. it is just a joke and it continues. >> brendan, last word to you. >> it is deeply embarrassing. for my trump supporting republican friends, they won't even talk about it. the one thing i will point out, there is a real chance that

donald trump, if he does not win this election, he will face jail time. the fact he is wasting time doing things like this instead of doing everything you possibly can to win this race is amazing. it may not be surprising but it is certainly amazing. >> if he loses, he could get a show on hsn. i will leave it at that. thank you. the incredible sight in florida a short time ago we will show to you. you. g up ou, one extra push and... crack! so, we scheduled at safelite.com. we were able to track our technician and knew exactly when he'd arrive. we can keep working! ♪ synth music ♪ >> woman: safelite came to us. >> tech: hi, i'm kendrick. >> woman: with a replacement we could trust. that's service the way we want it. >> vo: schedule free mobile service now at safelite.com. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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could miss that runny flew in space. went off without a hitch. spacex crew 9 with two astronauts, one russian astronaut and one spacex asked her not to dock with the space station. a veteran space force kernel and astronaut is accompanied by a russian astronaut. they will dock at the space station tomorrow at 5:30 eastern time. what makes this not a normal mission anymore, right, it was supposed to be a normal rotation on the station, not anymore. now they have these two astronauts rather than four because they have to use the empty seats to bring back butch wilmore and suni williams. they will not be coming home until february. as you know, butch and suni lifted off in june. they were supposed to be there 10 days. they have in," stuck on the space station ever since as nasa did not trust their boeing starliner spaceship to bring

them home safely. starliner came home alone autonomously, no humans on board and did land safely. now butch wilmore and suni williams will be on the station until february, assuming a lot of new assignments on the station. what is rather interesting is that sonny williams, veteran of the space station, she has now been named space station commander. if you are going to be there eight months, you might as well assume command. the bottom line is, you have crew 9 docking tomorrow evening and then butch wilmore and suni williams will have to learn everything that the other astronauts already knew about crew 9, the mission, the experiments, everything else. one interesting factoid here, alex, the spacesuits were the boeing starliner spaceship are not the same as the spacex suits. so the trouble is, they don't have spacesuits to come back on the spacex suit for the ship

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new reaction today to a new democratic national committee plan to fund down ballot races in all 57 states and territories. it involves $2.5 million in grants to get out the vote and help democrats break republican super majorities in state legislators. >> the dnc in the midterms, part of the reason we beat them

is because we invested in all of the state parties. we put $45 million in direct support into the midterms into state parties. we have been able to put more resources on the ground, into the party and we do investments in all kinds of things to go into communities we have not always gone into before. >> joining me now is meghan hays, communications and democratic strategist. she is also a former special assistant to president biden and director message planning for the white house from 2021 to 2022. welcome back, my friend. what does this mean? what did you see coming from this investment? >> this is what happens when you have a lot of money and a lot of enthusiasm coming into

the party. you are able to invest in places you may not of been able to invest in before. this is a long-term investment, this will make impacts for the dnc for years and years to come. you know, there is a saying in politics, all politics are local. could not be more true in elections like today where states are moving back to referendum ballot initiatives like abortion are on the ballot. these types of investments and funds will help be back those measures and put in legislators to make sure we don't have so much of an issue moving forward. >> okay. a new poll shows vice president harris with a razor thin lead over donald trump in all seven swing states. more voters believe the vice president has detailed policy positions compared to trump. what is a campaign doing right leading to these incremental wins? >> their meeting people where they are, they are out there talking to people, they are talking about issues and they are not just having a tax. they are out in the battleground states, they are on air, on our radio and i think they are hitting voters and talking to voters and leaving no stone unturned, which is kind of what the campaign needs to do. >> so republicans have certainly criticize the vice president for not doing more

media interviews. of course, she sat down with my colleague, stephanie ruhle, and reiterated her plan to go after companies engaged in price gouging. let's look back at that. >> those companies that would take advantage of the desperation of people and jack up prices, yeah, i am getting go after them. yes, i am going to go after them. >> what you think the strategy is with focusing on that message? >> i think the economy will benefit. i think there are a lot of people who immigration is a top message but nobody in the country the economy does not impact and that is the top message. kitchen table issues impact every single person. i think the vice president was smart to spend time talking about it and talk about how she will billback the middle class. >> she did another interview with wire magazine online, asking internet users what

people think about her. here is some of that. >> what does kamala harris stand for? i am a daughter of parents who were activists in the civil rights movement. they actually took me, when i was in a stroller, to civil rights marches. they were fighting for freedom, for justice, for equality. >> does the campaign see this as a more effective way to reach voters unnecessarily traditional news interviews? >> yeah, absolutely. you really get a sense of who she is. a lot of people think they don't know who she is or what she stands for but when you do those types of interviews that are more engaging and more personal, you get to see her personality shine through. she was off script, she was off teleprompter and i do think it reaches people and also, most people and a lot of young people get their news from tiktok, which, you know, our 30 minute -- 32nd to 62nd soundbites. >> okay, we will see you next weekend, i hope. born the breaking news